IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 19, 2025

The defense concluded that the case was without merits, thus not violating copyright laws. RULES APPLICABLE IN THE DISPUTE This case involves invoking Section 52 of the Copyright Act of 1957. ’ Herein, the court is bound to consider factors, including the extent and context of the copyrighted work.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 19, 2022

1: Government Pauses Plans to Rewrite UK Copyright Laws After Authors Protest. The rule, entitled copyright exhaustion, places limits on the import of international editions of books. The IPO has said that it will continue evaluating potential changes to copyright law but did not set a timetable.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In 2024, Indian courts delivered several landmark judgments in the field of intellectual property (IP), addressing challenges that range from traditional trademark disputes to modern issues like copyright in AI training and digital piracy. Courts emphasized the importance of balancing innovation with copyright enforcement.

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Copyright Lately

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Many rulings missed the mark, but these five went the extra mile to secure their spots as the year’s worst copyright disasters. Hello and welcome to Copyright Latelys fifth annual countdown of the years biggest copyright misfires from coast to coast. Only one way to find out. On with the countdown! Netflix, Inc.

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Copyright Alliance

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) was established nearly […] The post Strong Copyright Law Matters: The International Perspective appeared first (..)

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The IPKat

MAY 7, 2024

Kat (re-)unification Should the EU unify the copyright laws of its Member States and introduce, over thirty years after the start of the harmonization process, a unitary copyright title? A Dietz, ‘The protection of intellectual property in the information age - the draft E.U. The short answer is: yes.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

This is a book review of The Future of Intellectual Property , edited by Daniel J. Underwood Chair in Law at Vanderbilt University Law School, US. In the introduction, Gervais explains that the approach to discussing IP law reform taken in this edited collection is considering both primary and secondary level reform.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Promoting research and access to its products has always been a core purpose of copyright law, often expressed in limitations and exceptions for research uses. Recent legal scholarship has examined the need for copyright exceptions for text and data mining (TDM) methodologies, and the doctrines recently enacted to achieve this purpose.

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Copyright Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The 2024-2025 National High School Policy Debate Topic is: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks. […] The post How Strong Copyright Laws Empower Local Communities appeared first on Copyright Alliance.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2023

Harmonization With EU Copyright Law Under the EU-Moldova Association Agreement of 2014, Moldova was required to reform copyright law to meet EU standards. ” The establishment of “an efficient system” for the collective management of copyright and related rights was also mentioned.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

AI’s capacity to generate content, inventions, and insights from this data intensifies concerns, not only about ownership but also about copyright and trade secrets. This article delves into these aspects in detail, exploring the nuanced intersections of data privacy and intellectual property within AI. Rajagopal v.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 4, 2022

This post is based on the chapter “Audiovisual Coverage of Sports Events and Copyright Law: Originality in the Details?” Intellectual Property and Sports: Essays in Honour of P. Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. But, could they be considered as works in the sense of European copyright law?

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 29, 2025

This lingering remnant of the SOPA debacle drove copyright holders to focus on the introduction of blocking efforts in other countries instead, mostly successfully. The bill would amend existing copyright law to focus specifically on ‘foreign websites’ that are ‘primarily designed’ for copyright infringement.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As digital spaces grow in popularity, so do the stakes around intellectual property, particularly copyright. Copyright governs the rights of creators over their digital works, ensuring they are protected from unauthorized use. Jurisdictional conflicts arise, as copyright laws differ significantly across countries.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

JANUARY 5, 2022

This post is based on the chapter “Audiovisual Coverage of Sports Events and Copyright Law: Originality in the Details?” Intellectual Property and Sports: Essays in Honour of P. Bernt Hugenholtz, Kluwer Law International, 2021. The role of special effects and commentaries.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

The Philippine blocking scheme is the result of a memorandum of understanding, overseen by the local Intellectual Property Office ( IPOPHL ). Under the agreement, Internet providers will voluntarily block sites that are deemed to be copyright infringing; no court order needed. IPOPHL then instructed ISPs to block the domains.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Copyright Office (USCO) launched a new AI Initiative to examine the copyright law and policy issues raised by artificial intelligence (AI), including the scope of copyright in works generated using AI tools and using copyrighted materials in AI training. On March 16, 2023, the U.

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IIPRD

JANUARY 22, 2025

One such legal issues is what is referred to as “fair use,” which becomes particularly problematic in the context of the copyright law. Such databases may include work that is copyrighted. Most often, AI systems utilize huge databases to train their algorithms and yield some forms of creative or functional outputs.

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The IPKat

MAY 17, 2023

This is a review of Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage , edited by Irini Stamatoudi , Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Cultural Heritage Law at the University of Nicosia. Where a state classifies a public domain work as a national treasure there would be no issue.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In the realm of intellectual property, copyright and moral rights play pivotal roles in safeguarding the interests of creators. While copyright primarily focuses on the economic rights associated with creative works, moral rights emphasize the personal and reputational interests of the creators.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The dispute centers around the use of copyrighted music to train AI models and the broader implications for the future of the music business. These AI tools are trained on vast datasets of existing music, raising concerns among record labels about unauthorized use of copyrighted material. Under the U.S. Is AI training fair use?

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The IPKat

APRIL 7, 2025

All intellectual property rights have a limited territorial scope. Background The plaintiff produces clothing and owns the copyright to photographs of such clothing. Background The plaintiff produces clothing and owns the copyright to photographs of such clothing. German law had to be applied by virtue of Art.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Says Justice Souter, “We hold that one who distributes a device with the object of promoting its use to infringe copyright, as shown by the clear expression or other affirmative steps […] The post Despite Demise of Real Property, Intellectual Property Doing Fine appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Welcome to the third trimester of the 2022 round up of EU copyright law! In this series, we update readers every three months on developments in EU copyright law. The copyright in these two titles expired at the beginning of 2021. Internet Law: A Concise Guide to Regulation Around the World. Stay tuned!

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IIPRD

JANUARY 7, 2025

AI and the Global IP System We need a worldwide intellectual property (IP) structure that encourages innovation and invention if we are to benefit from generative AI. When the present intellectual property system was developed, innovation was more sluggish and concentrated on human creativity.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 25, 2024

While the raw data within a database may not be eligible for copyright protection, the originality involved in selecting, organizing, or arranging the data can bring a database under the scope of copyright law. These industries heavily rely on database to store, manage, and analyse vast amounts of information.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Protecting jewellery with the aid of intellectual property rights is a topic of interest which sparks curiosity. While copyright is concerned with the creative part of jewellery, design is concerned with the shape, configuration, pattern, and mix of lines or colours in two or three-dimensional forms.

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IIPRD

MARCH 5, 2025

However, this gives a grand legal question: who has the right to copyright AI-created works? Control of origin laws mediated by authors has traditionally attempted a simpler approach that did not anticipate complexities associated with human creativity. This has to do with the application of copyright to works made through AI.

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 31, 2025

copyright protection standards. Various groups stressed the importance of copyright protection when it comes to new AI technologies. They argued that foreign governments should be mindful of potential copyright infringements. Not just for copyright holders, but also for American tech giants. In the U.S.,

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 27, 2025

AI, a simulation of human intelligence by a computer system designed to perform tasks typically done by human beings, has in just a few short years evolved beyond what was previously believed possible, and has manifested itself in even creating new works of Intellectual Property, such as art, literature, music, etc.

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Garrigues Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

However, beyond the gameboard and dice, an interesting legal question arises: Can these games be protected by copyright? Even though the mechanics of a game cannot be protected, both the game as a whole and its creative elements are copyrightable. The question therefore is: Can board games be protected by copyright?

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 4, 2025

With the rise of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), many are wondering how it will affect intellectual property law. While much has been written on the subject of copyright law and the numerous gray areas that will need to be addressed by the U.S.

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Nelligan Law

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As we strolled through its cobblestone streets and explored haunted tours, my attention naturally gravitated towards everything related to Intellectual Property (IP). In this captivating dynamic, Intellectual Property (IP) plays a crucial role. Who knew that dressing up could be so closely tied to copyright law?

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IIPRD

MARCH 4, 2024

Introduction Intellectual Property Rights is a right which is connected with the person or the company’s intangible property. What are the rights in Intellectual Property? Why there is a need to protect Intellectual Property. Components of Intellectual Property Rights and Case Laws.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This is a book review of Teaching Intellectual Property Law: Strategy and Management edited by Sabine Jacques, Associate Professor in Information Technology, Media and Intellectual Property Law, University of East Anglia Law School and Ruth Soetendorp, Visiting Academic, City University of London and Professor Emerita, Bournemouth University.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The first edition of Intellectual Property Law in China (IPLCN) was the first of a bunch of goodies this Kat enthusiastically gathered from the incomparable IP library of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (MPI).

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 22, 2025

“While this approach aims to protect intellectual property and reduce online piracy, it relies on IP address and domain name system (DNS)-level blocking, making it a potentially extremely blunt instrument to address online copyright infringement,” CCIA writes.

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